American Society for Premodern Asia

The Society changed its name in 2025 from "American Oriental Society" to "American Society For Premodern Asia." The new name was used in the journal from 2026. The Society encourages basic research in the languages and literatures of the Near East and Asia and covers subjects such as philology, literary criticism, textual criticism, paleography, epigraphy, linguistics, biography, archaeology, and the history of the intellectual and imaginative aspects of Eastern civilizations, especially of philosophy, religion, folklore and art. It operates as a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. In 2024 it claimed $252,018 in total revenue and $5,401,763 in total assets. It is closely associated with Yale University, which is the site of its library. The society publishes a quarterly journal, the Journal of the American Society For Premodern Asia (JASPA) (until 2025 it was the Journal of the American Oriental Society, JAOS), an important American academic journal on the historical languages and cultures of Asia.

• Name — American Society For Premodern Asia • Established — 1842 09 7 • Location — Ann Arbor, Michigan • Type — Learned society • Collection Size — Yale Library • President — Martha Roth, University of Chicago • Website — https: aspa1842.org